Indiana Jones of the Church Is Here2359

Thanks for making a space for me to jump in here. I'm an old dog trying new tricks.

Fact is, most of what I do is old. Really old. Old languages, texts, cultures, art, and stories. I'm a dirt archaeologist by training, a believer by choice, and a college teacher by necessity (to pay the bills!).

I'm hoping to connect with others who have interests in these matters. I think I know how to dig and how to teach. It's this marketing and technology stuff that has me buffaloed.

I'm in Jerusalem at the moment. My group has been knocked around by the east coast storm. About half are flying to San Fran and the other half . . . are just stuck. In the meantime, I have internet access in a hostel here. We'll see what tomorrow brings!

No. They're just flying through SF because United cant get them out of Newark. Somehow headed west to east sounds wrong to me, but there are many things about the airline industry that I don't understand.

I was born in San Jose. My dad was working the police dept there when I was born. We moved early to Oregon, so have no real recollection of the Bay Area.

Nice to meet you, Mark. One dream of mine was to become an archaeologist... Strictly one residing in an armchair these days! My mother's father had a sister who married an American after (I guess?) WWII. They had two kids, one of whom now lives in San Diego. The other? Well, her and her mum live in Eugene! I have been there once, but it has featured in my book, Flight of a Lifetime